I get to write about comics!

Most of you know I've been a journalist, mostly as a copy editor, for many, many moons. I did start out as a reporter for a not-even-semi-metropolitan daily newspaper, but most of my writing for the past several years is what I've posted here in various iterations of the Comics Cave.

Late last year, a dear friend steered me to a freelance job writing about comics. I applied, armed with writing samples culled from what I've posted here and kind guidance from some stalwart members of the Legion. They liked what they saw, but asked for an original sample ... then put me on a trial basis.

So, I am now writing lists for CBR.com. I'm supposed to do two or three a week, and they're on comics, or comics-related movies, or comics-related TV shows. My latest one is a topic near and dear to my heart: "The 15 Best Comic Book Journalists". An archive of my other lists are here.

Of course, I can trust you guys with my secret identity, being fellow members of the Legion. I'm sure no one has any secret protocols to take me out in case I go rogue ....

I just read with interest the Ghostbusters one. For a sequel, how about comics ghostbusters before Ghostbusters? There's DC's Dr 13; the 1950s Phantom Stranger; Charlton's Dr Graves; Fiction House's Drew Murdoch (from "The Ghost Gallery"); Fiction House's Dr Drew; and Christopher Fenn. ACG's the Living Ghost was opposed by two reporters in his two stories.

Broadening the category to supernatural investigators adds Dr Occult (the first in comics, I think), Toby's Purple Claw, Fiction House's Werewolf Hunter, Dr Droom, Seaboard's the Cougar, and Quincy Harker and co. from Tomb of Dracula.

Mandrake often acted as a supernatural investigator. Dr Strange did some ghostbusting in "The House of Shadows!" from Strange Tales #120. "I Don't Believe in...Ghosts!" from Journey into Mystery #77 is a fun non-series story on the theme. There must be any number of stories with one-off investigators.

Drew Murdoch and Dr Graves were sometimes investigators, sometimes hosts. Horror hosts could be a list in themselves. Even the Spirit was used in the role, in The Spirit's Casebook of True Haunted Houses and Ghosts.

Hey, Kelvin! I particularly liked the Big Bang article. It’s your first non-comics-related one for CBR, isn’t it? (I never even though about the fact that Penny has never been given a last name.) I can hardly wait to watch the season finale. (Tracy is out of town and I am on strict orders not to watch it without her.) We really like Young Sheldon, too.